Courses

Kemic’s acclaimed courses in the biomedical sciences have been presented at various venues in Canada, the USA, the UK and Brazil since 1987. These courses have also been presented in-house (on site) for major pharmaceutical companies and government agencies (e.g. Health Canada’s HECSB / TPD). Hundreds of former Kemic course participants are currently employed in the pharmaceutical industry, academia, government agencies and other organizations worldwide.

Pharmacokinetics Expertise

‘PK’ has been a long-standing, key consulting field of interest at Kemic Bioresearch. Services provided include:

Kemic also offers toxicological expertise concerning the increasingly widespread and highly controversial phenomenon of “MCS” (Multiple Chemical Sensitivity). Worth emphasizing in this regard is that all chemicals are potentially toxic at certain (high) doses — a concept (“the dose makes the poison”) which was first elaborated by the 16th century Swiss physician and alchemist, Paracelsus.

“It is inappropriate … therefore, to speak of a separate class of ‘toxic chemicals’. Toxicity is dependent upon the dose (amount) of any chemical. It is not a peculiar inherent property of only certain substances.

“The ever increasing ability … of the analyst to measure substances at lower and lower concentrations (e.g. ppb or ppt), especially in the environment, leads a misinformed public to assume that ‘toxic chemicals’ are a ubiquitous cause of concern. The mere detection of a potentially “nasty” chemical, however, does not imply that a toxic threat exists.”— Mullen, P.W. (1995) Forensic Interpretative Pharmacology & Toxicology, In: The Expert: A Practitioner’s Guide (Eds: K.M. Matthews, et al.) Carswell, Toronto p. 20-5

Courses

Comprehensive training courses designed for those engaged in clinical, regulatory and laboratory research as well as OH&S and forensic toxicological professionals from industry, consulting firms and government agencies.